I'm not making any resolutions this year, purely because they seem to have a built in "auto-fail" switch somewhere about their person. Off-hand, I can't recall a single year where I made a resolution that I kept. I didn't even manage to keep my resolution not to make any resolutions last year. All in all, this resolution thing is fraught with inconsistency and confusion for all.
Therefore, no resolutions will be made by this Buneater this year. Instead, goals will be set.
The only difficulty thus far is settling on said goals.
At this stage, I've settled with the following, rather vague, resolution:
>> Be published.
This is followed by the slightly less vague:
>> Be paid for said publication.
I've decided to set one goal at a time, in order to conserve my energy while at the same time ensuring that said energy is being directed wholly towards one goal. And once the goal has been achieved I shall either a) rinse and repeat, or, b) set a new goal. This will all depend on how the first goal goes.
In related news, it occurred to me in the shower this morning that I've been going about this writing thing in completely the wrong fashion. I should be writing stories and then finding the markets that are likely to accept them. Instead, I've been trawling through magazines and then thinking about writing stories specifically for them. This is doomed from the outset, really, since I've discovered I don't write very well when I'm under a constraint, even if that constraint is self-imposed.
Actually, maybe I should tack a modifier onto my goal: write for myself.
There are so many markets out there that I'm sure to find the perfect place for whatever stories I happen to churn out. And if I don't, then I might as well have fun during the writing process. I can't imagine anything more off-putting than pushing my way through a story, sending it off to the market I was writing it for and having it promptly rejected. Yes, I do want to make writing at least half of my career, but I don't want to stop loving it into the bargain.
So that's my first goal for the writing year - be published and paid for it. Nothing simpler. Excuse me while I look alarmed.
Well, that'll do for now. What are everyone else's goals for 2006?
Therefore, no resolutions will be made by this Buneater this year. Instead, goals will be set.
The only difficulty thus far is settling on said goals.
At this stage, I've settled with the following, rather vague, resolution:
>> Be published.
This is followed by the slightly less vague:
>> Be paid for said publication.
I've decided to set one goal at a time, in order to conserve my energy while at the same time ensuring that said energy is being directed wholly towards one goal. And once the goal has been achieved I shall either a) rinse and repeat, or, b) set a new goal. This will all depend on how the first goal goes.
In related news, it occurred to me in the shower this morning that I've been going about this writing thing in completely the wrong fashion. I should be writing stories and then finding the markets that are likely to accept them. Instead, I've been trawling through magazines and then thinking about writing stories specifically for them. This is doomed from the outset, really, since I've discovered I don't write very well when I'm under a constraint, even if that constraint is self-imposed.
Actually, maybe I should tack a modifier onto my goal: write for myself.
There are so many markets out there that I'm sure to find the perfect place for whatever stories I happen to churn out. And if I don't, then I might as well have fun during the writing process. I can't imagine anything more off-putting than pushing my way through a story, sending it off to the market I was writing it for and having it promptly rejected. Yes, I do want to make writing at least half of my career, but I don't want to stop loving it into the bargain.
So that's my first goal for the writing year - be published and paid for it. Nothing simpler. Excuse me while I look alarmed.
Well, that'll do for now. What are everyone else's goals for 2006?
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